Walking
Your selection of self guided walks
Walks with Taste
If you like to combine a great walk 
with a fantastic food experience why not choose one of our popular ‘Walks with Taste’ a selection of self guided circular walks, each based from one of Ribble Valley’s amazing hostelries, when you can return after your walk for a well-earned drink, lunch or dinner. Visit Walks with Taste to view the whole set
Walking Maps – Full Description
This walks leads from Edisford bridge to Brungerley Bridge.
Chatburn at the foot of Pendle takes its name from one of the most distinguished characters of Anglo-Saxon times, St Chad or St Ceadda.
Chatburn itself occupies a beautiful position in a hollow between two ridges.
This walk takes in some of the finest parkland scenery in the Forest of Bowland and the village of Bolton by Bowland is itself one of the prettiest and best preserved villages in the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
All roads lead to Chipping! And upon entering this picturesque village, you'll soon see why it has been named Winner of Britain in Bloom's Gold Medal Award & Best Village Award 2009.
On the slopes of the River Loud, you'll learn that in Medieval times you would have found no less than five water mills sighted along Chipping beck.
Follow in the footsteps of J.R.R Tolkien and discover the landscape that inspired Tolkien’s ‘Middle Earth’. Walk through the deep wooded valleys and lazy riverside banks whose names have found their
way into his famous ‘Lord of the Rings’
trilogy. This walk starts and fi nishes at The Shireburn Arms.
Why not have a stroll from Clitheroe to the Ribble Valley Sculpture Trail. Try a spot of lunch from The Emporium and then visit the Platform Gallery.
The Ribble Valley Sculpture Trail was launched in 1993. The first of its kind to be established in Lancashire, which now includes over 20 permanent works of art. The trail travels through Brungerley Park and Cross Hill Quarry, a local nature reserve managed by the Lancashire Wildlife trust, only a mile from Clitheroe town centre.
Located in the North East corner of Lancashire and within the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Gisburn Forest offers fantastic mountain biking with beautiful views. Glide easily along mellow trail by Bottoms Beck, twist and shout through Park Wood, dance with your bike down Hully Gully or grit your teeth and rush down the Bigfoot slab – everyone should find something that will make them grin.
Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty has a varied and interesting past. In the early 1800’s the Park was a quarr y from which the stone was used for local buildings and major developments in Lancashire, such as The Harris Museum and the Railway
Station in Preston.
